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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
- Path: sparky!uunet!taipei.rs.com!horen
- From: horen@rs.com (Jonathan B. Horen)
- Subject: Re: Best Easy to use documentation tools
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.193148.3288@rs.com>
- Organization: Renaissance Software, Inc.
- References: <1992Aug11.151202.2254@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <Bt39p8.Bn@teleride.on.ca>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 19:31:48 PDT
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- In article <Bt39p8.Bn@teleride.on.ca> iant@teleride.on.ca (Ian Thomson) writes:
- >HI Netters,
- >
- >I am looking for a documentation tool or DTP that has the following features
- >and runs on UNIX and other platforms.
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- FrameMaker 3.1 (X and OpenLook versions)
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- >1. Very easy to use, low learning curve.
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- Engineers love it!
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- >2. Must be able to create document templates
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- Whatever you want.
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- >3. Postscript output
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- Got it.
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- >4. Conditional inclusion/exculsion of text
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- It's called "Conditional Text" in FrameMaker.
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- >5. Both WYSIWYG and some sort of tag language
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- Got both of 'em (WYSIWYG and MML [Maker Markup Language])
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- >6. Version for primarly SUN UNIX and other platforms (MAC IBM window)
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- FrameMaker 3.1 (X and OpenLook) for Sun
- FrameMaker 3.1X for other Unix boxes
- FrameMaker 3.1 for Mac
- FrameMaker 3.1 for Windows
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- >7. Cost of not over $4K.
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- $2500 for Unix floating-license versions (less for node-locked); $795
- for Mac version; $550 for IBM-windows version
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